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Not So Quiet on the Set (My Life in Movies During Hollywood's Macho Era)
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:19:50 -0500
Book Reviews: A showbiz memoir masquerading as a sociological treatise, "Not So Quiet on the Set" makes much of Robert Relyea's alliance with Steve McQueen. Too much, in fact. Relyea's five-year partnership with McQueen may have been his closest brush with celebrity, but it was far from his first or last interaction with a larger-than-life showbiz character.
I'll Have What She's Having: Behind the Scenes of the Great Romantic Comedies
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:14:43 -0500
Book Reviews: Variety's Boston correspondent Daniel M. Kimmel tells the story behind romantic comedies ranging from "The Philadelphia Story" to "There's Something About Mary." The overview begins with Ernst Lubitsch's largely forgotten 1932 pre-Code tale, "Trouble in Paradise," before moving on to more familiar territory with pics such as "It Happened One Night" and "My Man Godfrey."
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:08:46 -0500
Book Reviews: This handsome coffee table book is a tie-in to the five-hour PBS docu that Richard Schickel wrote and produced to celebrate the studio's 85th anni. Here, he shares the writing honors with George Perry, providing essays on the studio's history from its 1923 beginnings through various changes in corporate ownership.
Perils of predictions
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:58:07 -0500
Book Reviews: Showbiz power players are nothing if not opinionated, but their predictions about the future don't always hold up. From the new book "Inventing the Movies," here's a look at some particularly misguided comments about new technologies.
Inventing the Movies
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:50:49 -0500
Book Reviews: Scott Kirsner, a Variety contributor, has written a tome chronicling how Hollywood has battled every major technological innovation that has come along. Naysayers didn't believed sound, and color film would take off and to this day are dickering over who will pay for 3-D theater conversions.
Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip -- Confessions of a Cynical Waiter
Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:32:00 -0500
Book Reviews: Scott Kirsner, a Variety contributor, has written a tome chronicling how Hollywood has battled every major technological innovation that has come along. Naysayers didn't believed sound, and color film would take off and to this day are dickering over who will pay for 3-D theater conversions.

 

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